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coach
Senior Scribe
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 27 May 2011 : 17:57:47
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| the FR map shows up at 1:35 for ye impatient ones LOL |
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 27 May 2011 : 18:44:02
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| I just had a nerdgasm |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 27 May 2011 : 22:00:09
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| Really cool... |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2011 : 05:03:37
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nothing stops a nerdgasm in its tracks quite like a $10000 price tag
(i.e. the cost of the "table")
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 29 May 2011 : 15:55:31
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-The crappy map.
-They still haven't redone a better looking one, have they? |
(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know) |
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
896 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2011 : 18:22:40
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quote:
Originally posted by coach
nothing stops a nerdgasm in its tracks quite like a $10000 price tag
(i.e. the cost of the "table")
Don't crush my dreams! Seriously, that cost should drop tenfold in 4-5 years (unless its a flop). That's how tech marketing goes. |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2011 : 23:07:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-The crappy map.
-They still haven't redone a better looking one, have they?
yeah not a fan of that map, just thinking of the possibilities of this software/MSSurface if this pricetag comes down |
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Varl
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 29 Jun 2011 : 06:55:42
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| Ever since I saw the Surface a year or more ago, I've always wanted a VT or similar program that would just give me the ability to import maps and have a decent fog of war, and that's it. No LAN ability, no dice rollers, no character gens. Just the absolute basic mapping/revealing program. The rest would be traditional tabletop; minis, character sheets, and dice. |
I'm on a permanent vacation to the soul. -Tash Sultana |
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MisterX
Learned Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 11 Jul 2011 : 12:48:22
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| What about taking a standard LCD monitor, mounted below glass in a table? ;) |
I've lost track of recent realmslore, since my campaigns are still in the 1370ies. :-)
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When talking about rules (and related stuff) I always refer to 3.5e unless explicitly noted. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Jul 2011 : 20:04:09
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The most obvious application for this sort of tech, in D&D gaming, is to remove the DM, perhaps remove the other players. Pre-made adventures could be sold, ready to play, essentially just another solo-player or online multiplayer video game - something with both positive and negative aspects. There's also some merit to the criticism about graphically-rich animations replacing imagination, and about people's thinking being constrained by the limitations built into the box.
From a franchise point of view this thing is a godsend. It's "intuitive" and heavily developed by Microsoft, so it's obvious that the technology is intended for all sorts of applications. Once the price gap reaches parity we'll see these touch displays installed on mainstream laptops and kiosks ... yes, that means a lot of greasy fingerprints. But think of how hard it would be to pirate the latest D&D modules when they come packaged with physical props and play aids which also happen to function as software keys ... can't use the book/module without the exact figurine the code is designed to work with. |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Jul 2011 : 20:51:51
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| havent even thought of that Arik, that would be awesome |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 22 Nov 2011 : 17:35:28
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LOL - just found this thread.
They did indeed use the crappy one. 
They couldn't have used Shley's Cormyr map?
Still, cool tech. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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FR map software embedded in MicrosoftSurface table
